Bottle-sprinkler.



No. 68|,556. Patented Aug. 27,I90I. W. KINGHDBNE.

BOTTLE SPRINKLER.

(Application tiled Mar. 26, 1901.)

(No Model.)

Whjesses.

NTTED STATES Trice.

PATENT BOTTLE-SPRINKLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 681,556, dated August 27, 1901.

Application filed March 26, 1901. Serial No. 53,000. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM KINGHORNE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Westport, in the county of Baltimore and State of Maryland, have invented a new and useful Bottle-Sprinkler, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to bott-le l sprinklers and the object of the same is to provide simple and effective means for insertion in the neck of a bottle, and free of the stopper or other closure therefor, for permitting the contents of the bottle to be sprinkled ordispensed in small quantities and regulable by compression of said means in the bottle-neck.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of the several parts, which will be more fully hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a transverse vertical section of a bottle, showing the improved sprinkler in the neck thereof. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the upper portion of the bottle, showing the sprinkler adjusted by compression. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the sprinkler.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to :indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

The numeral l designates a bottle which in the present instance is shown in the form of an ordinary perfume-bottle and having a neck 2, which has an inwardly-tapering outlet-bore ground or otherwise similarly treated and closable by a removable ground or other stopper 3. While a perfume-bottle has been shown as one practical application of the invention, it will be understood that any other form of such device having a neck with an inwardly-tapering bore therethrough and adapted to contain any kind of liquid may be used and to which the improved device is applicable.

The improvement consists of a simple disk 4, of cork or analogous material, which is readily yielding and compressible and of a suitable thickness. This disk is of such diameter as to snugly t in the bottle-neck to which it is applied and has a single central opening 5 extending vertically therethrough, and in arranging the same in operative position it is horizontally inserted in the neck of the bottle and peri pherally held by frictional contact with the wall of the bore through the neck. The said disk is entirely out of contact with the stopper 3, and in the use of the same the said stopper is first removed from the neck of the bottle and the latter thrown over and moved in such manner as to forcefully bring the liquid contents thereof against the disk and cause it to pass through the said opening 5,whereby the contents of the bottle may be economically dispensed with advantage in obtaining only a small quantity of the liquid,which is all that is necessary to effect-the result sought, and particularly in the use of high grades of perfumes of a costly nature.,

The most important feature of the present improvement is the simplicity of adjusting the opening 5, which is accomplished by diametrically compressing the disk by forcing it inwardly into the neck of the bottle, as clearly shown by Fig. 2. It will be understood that by said compression the material of the disk must be forced inwardly, and consequently the opening 5 is reduced and thereby diminishes the quantity of liquid passing therethrough. The degree of compression of the disk and reduction of the opening 5 will depend exclusively on the distance of movement or adjustment of said disk inwardly into the neck of the bottle, and hence the quality of liqu-id passing from the bottle may be readily controlled.

The improved disk may be applied to bottles when primarily filled with liquid or be afterward procured by and applied by the purchaser, and it will be observed that the use of the stopper is not in the least impaired or interfered with and is always allowed to directly engage the neck of the bot tle. Theimproved disk is cheap and will be formed of a non-corrosive material which may be varied for use with various liquids.

Having thus described the invention,what is claimed as new is- The combination of a bottle havinga neck with a bore tapering regularly in a straight plane from the upper to the lower extremity thereof, the saidV tapering bore extending fully through the vertical extent of the neck,

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a diametrioally oompressible disk having my own I have hereto affixed my si gnatre iii a central opening therethrough ad freelyff the presence of two witnesses. shiftable in the said bore to Vary t e size o A said opening, and a stopper for the nook WILLIAM KINGHORND" 5 having its inner end continually clear of Witnesses:

and ont of Contact with the said disk. i SAML. K. SIMPsN,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as JOHN J. HARTIGAN; 

